Youth Resources
Committed to creating an environment that encourages entrepreneurship among youth, IY provides an assortment of tools and resources that help you grow into thriving business leaders. Below is a list of the various resources available to you.
- IY Business Center
- Knowledge Center
- Business Webinars
- E-News: Business Articles
- Entrepreneurship Scholarships
- Business Book Club
- Quarterly IY Business Newsletter
IY Business Center
In order to support your efforts of creating or furthering your own business concept, the IY Business Center gives you access to a number of tools and resources. When you use the business center you are able to interact with like-minded students. The IY Business Center also enables you to share business ideas and experiences with your peers while increasing the visibility of your business. The IY Business Center also allows you to build your own business website, creating another way for you to further build and market your venture.
Knowledge Center
The IY Knowledge Center is comprised of various business tips and links to resources that are helpful to you as a current or future business owner.
Business Webinars
Independent Youth gives you access to successful and established entrepreneurs across the country through its quarterly webinars. These webinars are designed to provide you with personal experiences from flourishing business owners. Each webinar addresses a specific topic in the area of entrepreneurship.
E-News: Business Articles
Stay current on business issues while being inspired. Check out these insightful entrepreneurial centered news stories, figures, and facts.
Entrepreneurship Scholarships
There are many entrepreneurship scholarships available to students who are headed off to college and Independent Youth wants you to check them out. Review the list of available entrepreneurial focused scholarships along with their descriptions to see if you qualify to apply.
Business Book Club
Continuing to educate yourself outside of the classroom is very important and plays a huge role in contributing to your overall success as an entrepreneur. The IY Business Book Club is a place where you can find IY's recommended readings. These books teach and encourage financial literacy along with leadership, business, and entrepreneurship skills.
Quarterly IY Business Newsletter
Sign up for Independent Youth's Quarterly electronic newsletter. The newsletter is filled with business stories from young entrepreneurs, helpful business tips, and the latest news from IY.
“Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
– Mary K Ash, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics
“As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.”
– Donald Trump, real estate and entertainment mogul
“Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”
– Coco Chanel, fashion designer
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.”
– Roy Ash, founder of Litton Industries
“You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.”
– Les Brown, founder of best-selling author and motivational speaker
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder of Chuck E. Cheese's
“Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can live the rest of your life like most people can't.”
– Anonymous
“What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey, business mogul, talk show host and producer
“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
– John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil Company
“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”
– Madam C.J. Walker, creator of a popular line of African-American hair care products and America's first black female millionaire
“If you dream it, you can do it.”
– Walt Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company
“I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers. There aren't enough who will move ahead and take concrete steps to actualize their vision.”
– W. Clement Stone, Businessman
“Capital isn't that important in business. Experience isn't that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas.”
– Harvey Firestone, founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
“You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.”
– Les Brown, founder of best-selling author and motivational speaker
“Find your passion...then it is no longer work!”
– L.A. Reid, co-founder of LaFace Records
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. everything else is secondary.”
– Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and Pixar
“The important this is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies
“The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”
– Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist, CEO of Garage Technology Ventures